Easy Spaghetti And Meatballs

Spaghetti and Meatballs.The PERFECT meatball, tender, juicy and loaded with flavor simmered in a rich tomato sauce. This is the one and only spaghetti sauce recipe you will need! Always a huge hit with the family and every guest!

This spaghetti and meatball recipe is so quick and easy to toss together! The meatballs and sauce are made in the same pan which means fewer dishes and an epically flavorful sauce. Plus I’m sharing all of my tips to ensure a tender, juicy meatball that won’t break apart when you cook it!

How to make the Best Meatballs

These meatballs are so easy to put together. The secret to making these meatballs flavorful is the Italian seasoned bread crumbs. We’re also adding egg to help hold them together, this helps the meatballs from breaking apart while cooking.

Searing the meatballs before making the sauce ensures we get the most flavor possible.

And make sure you get in there and mix it together with your hands, a spoon isn’t going to cut it.

How to make Spaghetti Sauce

Once the meatballs are seared on all sides we can add the ingredients for the sauce.

Start by sauteing onion with the meatballs to soften them.

Add in the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and seasonings. Let it all simmer together for about 20 minutes. The longer it simmers the more flavorful the sauce will be.

Then the last step is adding the noodles! You can either add the noodles to the sauce and stir together, let it sit at a low heat for a few minutes. I feel this infuses more flavor to the noodles. Or you can serve the noodles with the sauce spooned on top. Either way, this will be a huge hit for the entire family!

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Spaghetti And Meatballs

Spaghetti and Meatballs.The PERFECT meatball, tender, juicy and loaded with flavor simmered in a rich tomato sauce. This is the one and only spaghetti sauce recipe you will need! Always a huge hit with the family and every guest!

Instructions

Using hands roll meatball mixture into small balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place into large saucepan coated with the olive oil.

Cook the meatballs over medium heat, turning while they cook, until browned on all sides and cook through.

Drain the grease from the pan.

Return the pan to the stove at a low heat (keep the meatballs in the pan). Add the onion and cook until softened. Add the garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds. Pour in the tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. Add in the oregano, basil, garlic salt, and black pepper. Stir to combine. Add in the light brown sugar and stir.

Bring sauce to a simmer. Cover and cook for 30 minutes.

While the sauce is simmering cook the spaghetti noodles according to their directions. Combine the sauce and noodles together in the sauce pan, or just pour the sauce directly over the noodles. Add the Parmesan and enjoy!

Reader Interactions

Comments

Hi Serene, When I saw your link over at Marvelous Mondays, I knew I had to come take a peek. I could eat spaghetti every night and yours looks fantastic! Your photography is beautiful as well. So glad I found your beautiful blog. I’m going to have a lot of fun exploring! Have a great day.

Hi! Gonna try this recipe tonight, and I have a question (Warning: I only recently started teaching myself how to cook, so this might sound a little dumb). After you cook the meatballs and drain the oil, do you cook the sauce WITH the meatballs or do you remove the meatballs and make the sauce by itself? Thank you so much. 🙂

Hi Lydia!! First off no worries!! This is not a dumb question. I always drain the grease from the meatballs, leave the meatballs in the pan and make the sauce with the meatballs. I hope this turns out for you!! Let me know 🙂

That’ so funny you hated it as a kid! I thought every kid loved spaghetti. I really shouldn’t talk, since I hated donuts of all things. (yeah, a little weird. Not I love those too.) Pinned this gorgeous pasta!

I cannot say enough about this recipe!! SO easy and SO tasty! I made the traditional Sicilian Christmas dinner of Spaghetti and Meatballs yesterday (Christmas) and used your pasta sauce recipe.. I will never ever make it any other way!! My daughters a butter noodle eater but she tried a bite from my plate and couldn’t get enough sauce for herself. Even after everything was cleaned up and kids were in bed my husband had mentioned it again and again “man that spaghetti was good.” WIN!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!

Hi Maggie!! This recipe makes a large batch of spaghetti. It calls for (2) 1 pound boxes of noodles. It is my definite go to meal when we’re having company or I want left overs. It’s so hard to say for 7 people, are they 7 adults with healthy appetites?? I always prefer to have extra food for leftovers and to send home with people than to not have enough. You would most likely be good for 7 people, but it might be close. I would just go for 1 and 1/2 of the recipe. If you need help breaking that down let me know! Enjoy your Sunday dinner!

Omg YYYUUUUMMMMM!!! I found this recipe scrolling through Pinterest and decided it looked too good not to try it. I was really full but went back for a secret d bowl and now I’m overflowing but my god… my mouth is still watering! THANKS! Xx Lauren from Sydney Australia

The meatballs get Cooked in olive oil with chopped onions and minced Garlic. Other recipes include chopped onions & minced garlic in the ground meat and then fry in olive oil Just asking you to make sure I’m reading the instructions correct. Thank yoy

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